Fort Mill Times, 1927-12-29

DOMESTIC. Generally H|HMikiiii;. conditions w;orc conducive to it prosi>erous.yoar hi t li>- 1'nited States, Industry nStd cfmtmern cfmtmernllotirlsliod - llotirlsliod cfmtmernllotirlsliod and Hit- Kovcrnmcnt piled tip a IniRc reserve tlnit made a reduelion of taxes a certainty. Adverse features were the unprecedented Hoods in the Mississippi valley. x»>utinued . tlioitult somewhat ameliorated depression in tlie agricultural industries, the Iona coal strike in the liltiimlaous Helds wlilclt was ended in several States in tlte autumn, and a strike of coal miners in t'olorado under leadership of the I. \V. W. President ia I pilitics occupied the [ minds of the people to a considerable extent. President FoolidRe. It was con ctshsi. could have the ltepuhllcan notn notnillation - illation notnillation for the asking. Imt during his vacation in the Mlnck hills of South j Dakota he rather astonished the nation hy'lfcsutnc the Simple Statement, "1 do not choose to run for president in Hills." Thus tla> race was made oiten, though many of Mr. Foolldgc's admirers in insisted - sisted insisted that he would accept the nomina nomination - tion nomination If -"drafted" by the party, (if the Other-possibilities those most favora favorably - bly favorably considered Were Frank 11. Isiwden. Ilerltcrt Hoover ami Vice President Diaries Ilawes. Charles E. IIunites was anted by many. Senator Curtis of Kan Kansas - sas Kansas announced that he was a candidate for tin* office and a Ismut for Senator Norris of Nebraska was started by some of bill fellow "Insnrttents." Senator Willis of Ohio threw his hat into the ring after tlte president in Dccembcr told the national Itepuhlicun committee lie,had "rllmlnated" himself, AI Sird.h, at his fourth inauguration as governor,or New York, declared his candidacy for tlte Democratic nomina nomination - tion nomination and throughout the year lie lias sta ined to gain some stream It. Most of the "itrys" In'the party are oppiscd to him and then* iy also objection to liim on the score of religion. Senator James A. Iteed Is nlfto spikon of as a candidate for the nomination ami in the West an active campaign in his behalf is under way. In February Congress passed the McNury-Hungen farm relief bill and President Coolidge promptly vetoed it I teen use he and his ad vistas considered it economically bail. During the year the rurloiis agricultural organizations have tried tu get together on some measure that would serve their needs and meet the president's ohjta-tions. Imt nimrentiy have failed. The matter came up in the 7$>th Congress which met early in December. The senate In .laiiuary refusisl to admit Frank h Smith and Win. S. Vare, senators-elect from Illinois and Pennsylvania, resiiectivcly. because of alleg'd political corruption in their cnmimigus and elections. Senator Heed of Missouri spent considerable time during the stimnier investigating the cases, and when the senate convened, on December h Isitli men were again told to stand aside, though their claim to seats was not filially disttosed of. Early in the year President Cool Coolidge - idge Coolidge declansl himself in favor of ade adequate - quate adequate national defense and Congress ia its army and navy appropriations was fairly liberal. going even beyond tlte chief executive's recommendations by providing for three Unlit cruisers. In October Adinirnl Mugrudcr severely criticised tile management of the navy in a magazine article, ami paid the penalty. Jieing removed from the com command - mand command or"the navtitl stiyion at Phila Philadelphia. - delphia. Philadelphia. t The Fall oil lease scandal came' to the front again several times. The Failed States supreme court canceled the leas leases - es leases given by Fall to E. L. Hoheny on the ground Of fraud, and later President Coolidge "turned tlte naval oil .reserves back to the navy department. In Odd- [ her the supreme court canceled the Tea Teapot - pot Teapot Dome lease held, by Henry Jtlncluir. In that month the conspiracy charm* against Fall and Sinclair went to trial j (Continued on Page 3.)

INTERNATIONAL. At the aliening of the year President Dlnz of Nicaragua nsked American aid against the Liberal rebels hsl by l)r. Vmim, amt naval forces and marines were promptly sent, since our rights to the Nicaragua ennui route werejdatMM ImaaeMuA Attot g nnminii nil "lain WUOnuriiiu were ordered-JB surren surrender - der surrender their arms to ttod Awcatfan forced, and the backbone'hf'-ffK'TdBMIlon was broken In u battle at Ocuful in July. Kncouulers with scuttciyd guerilla bands continued tbrouitb the rest of the year. HeintIons lietween the I'nlted Htates and Mexico iinpro\red steadily and Dwight Morrow wns sent down - there ns ambassador late in the fall with hiith (nipes of settling nil Abe dif differences - ferences differences amicably. Secretary of State Kellogg's plans for ending the Tacna TacnaArlca - Arlca TacnaArlca dispute la-tween I'hile and Pern were rejected by the latter country In January. The ihree-iaiwer conference on disarmament called by President tJKnl idfce was held in Geneva. I*ripntcal agreement was reailnsl conecrdlng sub submarines. - marines. submarines. bnt Great Britain'sTlemnnds In the mutter of small crnisirs could not lie accepted by America ami Jaiaiu, and American demands for (AsM-inch guns were rejected by the Britysn. so the whole affair collapsed on A must 4. Viscount Cecil was so Incensed toy the ; stubbornness of the British deflates /hat he resigned from the cabinet and from participation in the doings of the lesigue of Nations. Soriet Utussiu. jnare and more taklne |uirt in-JhteriM in-JhteriMttonal - ttonal in-JhteriMttonal affairs, made small progress into the ifiooil Rrnccs of the other pffwcrs. Her pro]sisal in the disarmament con conference - ference conference of the leuRue, mentioned wove, -was scoffed at as not only imprnclfeihhle but as also disingenuous. In February Great Britain warned Moscow to ceftlie Its anti-British-prngngiinda. and in May .the London imllee raided the Soriet .trade headquarters amnsetzed incrimi incriminating - nating incriminating documents. The Russian repre representatives - sentatives representatives were deiiorted und all rela relations - tions relations lietween the two nations severed. L'atit latHfci the year tile Soviet emis emissaries - saries emissaries were active in keeping the Chi Chineap - neap Chineap civil »vnr alive, tWaugh their ef efforts - forts efforts were scarcely needed. When tin tinradical - radical tinradical faction of the 'Gliinese Nation Nationalists - alists Nationalists was rirl unity suppressed l>y t0e moderate wing,- the Bolsheviks had kp cany feu friends left that they practic withdraw from the country. The wn In China was made un international af fair by the attacks nit foreiRiiers an! foreign <-oncessloiis and the tlireali flRalnrt the treaty poets. American/ British. French und .Milanese forces were sent there and nrfstill there, for the end of tin- coiiflict'js not in sight. It was complicated h.v Japan's determ determination - ination determination to proteet her nationals and) large Intreets in MnneUurln. No ngree ngreetuenta - tuenta ngreetuenta with China could lie made by the powers, for there was no real central government of that distracted country. Germany kept np.her reparations payments, and her relations with France were bettered by g, commercial treaty and semi-private trade pacts. On January 31 the interallied commis commission - sion commission turned over the'control of German disarmament to the League of Nations, and in August JFrauce agreed to reduce the occupational forces in the Rhlne Rhlneland. - land. Rhlneland. f » Frabee and Viigo-Slavia signed a treaty with Premier Mussolini of It It,aly - ,aly It,aly thought was almed at his country, "i .

Lindbergh Kurus Quarter Million. Tlic New York Sim siikl Saturday that "since Ids Paris Might it Is estimat estimated - ed estimated tliat t'ol. Charles Lindbergh has earned $030,000. -The Orfeig prize was #--"1.000, tlie protlr from Ids hook 'We' and Ids newspaper articles was estl estlmated - mated estlmated at approximately #'-'00.000. anil it was said that lie received $ lie,000 from the Cuggenheim fund to finance: his lour of the I'nlted States." The Sun also says that a director of one of the la reset aircraft eoiupitulcs in the I'ldted States told of offering Lindbergh a joli at anythin); lie wished at any salary, and received this reply: "I don't want any more money than I am worth. I won't take any Job just to capitalize my name. If 1 should de decide - cide decide to work for you I want to be paid what 1 can actually earn. I'm not worth much, except my mime, and I won't sell that." pillions of Stars Photographed. New marvels of the stars stand re revealed - vealed revealed h.v tile completion of the gigan gigantic - tic gigantic task undertaken -10 years ago by the Oxford and Oreonwleli observatories - the mapping of a large section of the heavens - says u London dispatch. Fifteen million stars. It is estimated, have now had their photographs taken, although only (i.000 are visible to the naked eye. The enormous number of ll(i.()(ill star charts, weighing two tons .and making a pile 30 feet high, will shortly be assembled and printed in bunion. One of the results of the work has been to make certain something that lias long been susis-cted - that many of the faint, lesser stars are comparatively near the earth, ns was formerly !«- !«-lieved. - lieved. !«-lieved. Christmas Cheer for Veterans. Christmas at the Confederate Sol Soldiers' - diers' Soldiers' home. Coliimhlu. always a time of tender memory and reminiscence with the old soldiers, was particularly happy this year, and the veterans and wives and willows of veterans express expressed - ed expressed themselves as deeply appreciative of the thought fulness and kindness shown them. -lifts of various kinds hud been re received - ceived received from chuptcrs over the State, us well as from Columbia, ipiys The State, and each veteran and wife and widow in the home was remomts-red. Fruits were also provided. There are now 34 veterans uild wives and widows of vet veterans - erans veterans at the home. States Han Highway Billboards. .Motorists in Kansas, Oklahoma. New Mexico. Texas. Colorado and Wyoming soon will llud the roads cleared of bill billboards. - boards. billboards. Highway commissioners of the six States have ordered the removal of all signs except those erected by high highway - way highway engineers for the guidance of travelers. The State commissions seek primarily to protect jiersons on the highways against the approach of danger. Masons Strong in Virginia. At the celebration a few days ago of the f>0th anniversary of Acacia bulge No. lti, at Clifton, Vn.. the rapid growth of Masonry in recent years was pointed out. It was shown tliat in Virginia the membership of the cruft had increased from Ifi.OtKI 13 years ago to over 30.000 the present time. . .A well-trained Gcrrnun police dog will lead Senator Kclinll of Minncsotu, who is blind, in his walks about Wash Washington - ington Washington this winter.

ho lie retaliated with n military pact between Itiily and Allmniu. which, he frankly stated, was designed to main maintain - tain maintain Italian control of the Adriatic. There was much ill feeling, but little apparent danger of hostilities. Not so much could la* said for the trouble lie lietweeu - tweeu lietweeu Poland anil Lithuania. Much of these nations accused the other of fo fomenting - menting fomenting plots against it. aial the Li Lithuanians - thuanians Lithuanians lielioved Premier Pllsudskl had designs on their lnde|iemle1iei>. Neizue of Viltln by Poland several years ago was the underlying cause of the row. Itoth Russia and Germany sided with Lithuania, but oil the powers ex exerted - erted exerted themselves to avert the threat-, ened armed conflict, well knowing it might Involve all of Kuro|>e in another great war. FOREIGN. Great Britain slowly but steadily re recovered - covered recovered from the effects of the long coul strike. What that conflict did to the country was indicated by the fact that in January, for the tlrst time in many years, the real balance of trade way against the British, the deficit run running - ning running up fo till million dollars. In April the government introduced a bill to amend rather drastically the law relat relating - ing relating to trade union strikes. The meas measure - ure measure was supiiortcd by the Conservatives as necessary for the defense of the ex existing - isting existing |Militieal and social system; but it was assailed bitterly by the forces of labor; who asserted It was designed not to protect the state but to take away the rights won by the workers and to destroy thf unions. After many weeks of violent debate the measure, consid considerably - erably considerably modified, was passed. Another plan of the government, proposed In June, was to reduce the number i»f I>eers In the house of lords, and tit the same time to strengthen the isi.wors of that elmndier so that it would be tin im impregnable - pregnable impregnable defense against the growing isiwcr of lalmr. This was so strongly npimsed by the Socialists and Laborltes that tpe scheme was abandoned for thd present. In April. Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill Introduced the budget for the year, designed to meet a deficit of 110 millions. Its proisisnl showed-1hat despite her enormous bur burdens. - dens. burdens. flrpat RrltaTri's tluancla) (Misltloii | was fumltunenlully sound. When the Dali Rircnnu. or parlia parliament. - ment. parliament. of llw Irish Free State met in June. De Vaiera and -t-1 of Ills followers were excluded liecnusc they refused to take the oath of allegiance to King George. latter they changed their minsd and were sworn In. The general elections In Septemlier gave the gov government - ernment government a pluralityof six votes and PuesMont Cosgrnve was reelected. In July Ireland was shocked by the assas assassination - sination assassination of Kelvin O'Higgins, vice presi president - dent president and minister of justice. The mur murdjMMfs - djMMfs murdjMMfs were not caught.

NKW HAM. KOK "CYCLONE MAC." The construction of a tabernacle with :i seating cn pacit y of o.tKNl will lio he. EMM ill tHou'loff»* next Monday lit » ovation .vet to he selected. I hill III! dlt t" he nseil for the Kev. Itiixter Mcl.en Mcl.en(lon - (lon Mcl.en(lon ("('yclone M;n ") meeting to he held there lit the neiir future, it wns leiirtietl h.v The Observer Monday. Mr. Melieudou closisl ;i meeting at Lancaster Saturday night. At that meeting he read a resolution from citi citizens - zens citizens of Lancaster urging Col. Leroy Springs. who ns'cnlly announced that lie will move to Charlotte, to keep his citizenship in Lancaster. Col. Sprints was in tile audience and was greatly moved hy the resolution, it was slated. Mr. McLendon, with Ids throe sons, was entertained Christmas day h.v Col. Sprints at Ills Lancaster home. Christ's Dirthplaec Dratvs Christians. Tin* anniversary of I lie liirt li of Jesus Christ was celebrated at Itctldchcm, Judea. Saturday nltht h.v devout Chris Christians - tians Christians from all over the world on the very s|nit of the nativity. For weeks the followers of Jesus have been eonvertint on the little town in tin* hills of Jndea and Saturday id?:lit a treat multitude gathered under the open, star-lit sky outside the vlllnte in the very held where the shepherds watched their thicks on that eventful nltht. Christmas carols, sunt there hy an English choir from Jerusalem, revived atain in the imatlnatiou of tlie visitint piltrims the scenes of that lirst imit imitate - ate imitate Christmas, the humble Hebrew mai maiden - den maiden and her lialie. the stable and the manter. the shepherds and their Docks. South Carolina's Prosperity. Charlotte Observer: South Carolina Inis struck the pace in toed roads htiild htiildint. - int. htiildint. and the farmers of the State have struck the pace in atrleullnre. in which pursuit the Palmetto State is also mo\ mo\int - int mo\int up to the Tar Heel neithhor. So good have the farmers of South Caro Carolina - lina Carolina worked durint the year that they are millions better off than they were at this time last year. The total value of the nine principal crops of tlie State this year is estimated at $1.7.7,::iMUHM>. an increase of .$27.0t;t;.oiM) over 1!)2<>. If tills does not indicate diligent appli appli< - < appli< at ion to business, what would so in indicate? - dicate? indicate? Dealers See New Model Chevrolet. Herbert Harris of Fort Mill was one of 12.7 dealers in Columbia Tuesday for a private sliowlm: of the 1P2S model Chevrolet and says that the ear more than justified the expectations of tin* dealers. The new model Chevrolet is described as a handsome ear with a new inclosed motor of latest type. Sfiee Sfieeafleations - afleations Sfieeafleations of the ear were not given out. but it may la; said that as far as up .fteurancejs concerned it will nteet (lie requirements of prosiieetive purchaser^. Delieverles of the new ear are prom promised - ised promised early in the new year.

ALBERT HILL SAYS LETTER > - SIGNED K. K. R. IS SPURIOUS T'se of the organization's name in connection with any attempt to InttB InttBlilntc - lilntc InttBlilntc a witness, or in any way Interfere with the proper administration of Jus Justlee - tlee Justlee in the State courts, was branded as despicable and cowardly by Albert K. Hill, grnnd dragon of the Ku King Klau for South Carolina, In a state statement - ment statement issued In Spartanburg Tuesday night In connection with the letter signed "K. IC. K.." which Will McCraw, negro, of Filbert Is reported to hare re received - ceived received several days ago, warning him not to testify in court against a rural York county officer. " Tlie Ku Klux Klnn In South Caro- ] lina uiKpiulllhally condemns the Issu Issuance - ance Issuance of anonymous letters, whether de designed - signed designed to gratify malicious spite at a liersotml enemy or to wteld extrajudi extrajudicial - cial extrajudicial iutliieucc In any case [tending In court." Mr. Hill said. "As I have previously stuted the klau stands for Inw enforcement. It practi practices - ces practices law observance. It endeavors to teach reverence and reNpect for the majesty of the law to the rising gen generation. - eration. generation. "The officers of the York and Clover kin ns in York county have carefully investigated the letter and are satla satlaUed - Ued satlaUed that It did nut come from any mem member - ber member of the York eotr.ty organisation. While tin1 evidence before me convinces me that no klunsman had any hand in the writing of this letter. If later In Investigation - vestigation Investigation should point to the guilt of any member the organization will lend Its assistance to the prosectitiou of uny such guilty offender. "It is the desire of the klau to frank, candid and honest In its acts and utterances ami to make a worthy contribution to the constructive agen agencies - cies agencies of our tMHiple and our government." Will McCraw received the letter of warning, which was dated December 10. 11c Instituted uctlon against John Andy Jackson, rurnl policeman, after he and the officer bad an altercation over a near wreck which occurred in Cherokee county. The negro received a blow on the head from Jackson's re revolver. - volver. revolver. RECORD FOR CUPID AT YORK. All mnrrluge records In one of the "umrryingest" towns In the United States were smashed to shreds at York Saturday when Probate Judge G. P. Smith Issued passports for 100 couples to hit the matflmonlail trait NetotJC all the victims of Cupid's unerring ar arrow - row arrow were from North Carolina and a large [sirtlon of them had the nuptial knot tied in York. From morning till night the judge of probate's office sim simply - ply simply overflowed with blushing young men and matter of fact looking young women.

OTHER PEOPLE'S TROUBLES. Ike Martina. 21 Inchon hitch, a vaude vaudeville - ville vaudeville in-rforilicr tit Jacksonville. Ela.. has tiled suit for divorce from his wife, who Is IKI inches hltth, charging her with cruelty^ l'unlel llrown, Tennessee mounts Ut Uteer, - eer, Uteer, hell eves that mut| must liot alter the upi tea ranee God gave him. Thl* belief led to his urrest for refusing to permit Ills two sons to he vucclnated. A New York court lined a father fur spanking his 20-year-old daughter. Florence De Villler traveled from South Africa to Philadelphia to bare removed from iter lung u paper clip which hail been there for 12 years. Miss I.isheth A pier, who seratcbMl her inline on a eoinli she made in - Germany fuetory, will ahortiy wed a New York man who bought the comb and courted her by eorrespondence. When Leslie Mukin and Miss Elate Marshall of Liverpool were arraigned for fighting in the street, the court sentenced them to lie married at once. Col Springs Moves to Charlotte. Fort Mill isHiple generally were ' greatly disnp|iolnted by the recent an announcement - nouncement announcement that Col. Leroy Springs had I'ought a home in Charlotte, N. C., _ and thut he und Mrs. Springs would move to that city from Lancaster this week. A few years ngo when there \ was talk of Col. Springs leaving Lau- *- caster a delegation of Fort Mill citi citizens - zens citizens visited him and urged him to re return - turn return to Fort Mill, his boyhood home. The announcement thut he will move Jo Charlotte, however, dissipates the hope ' that he will again make his hotne here. It is stated that Col. Springs will open and office in Charlotte und from there direct the o|K>ratioii of his cotton mills in Fort Mill. Lancaster. Kershaw and Chester. ./ Hoed Word for the-Crow. Scarcely anybody has a godd word' for the crow. Simrtsmen welcome the opportunity tu shoot him down tend farmers look upon him ns one of their' worst enemies. Wlieu the crow comen near the farmer and there is a gnu handy, the unfortunate fowl either diet; or is si«hI on ills way. This, has ui-' ways been the common attitude toward crows - to kill u erow is to further the Interests of mankind. But the United States department of agriculture says tiie erow is not such a bad fellow after all. Tiie white grub which causes great i damage to lawns and grain crops as an infant Uuy beetle in one of the favorite;